Spicy Mustard and Roasted Mapo Tofu

Name: Spicy Mustard and Roasted Mapo Tofu
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 100g Pork (lean); 1 piece tofu; 20g Water starch; 1 teaspoon pepper powder; 2 tbsp Soy sauce; 1 tbsp Doubanjiang; 3 pieces shallot; 2g salt; 30g Peanut oil

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Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

15m

Serving

2

Mapo tofu is one of the famous dishes of the Han nationality in Sichuan Province, and one of the eight major cuisines in China. The main raw material is tofu. Its characteristics are hemp, spicy, hot, fragrant, crisp, tender, fresh and lively. It is the eight-character motto, hemp comes from Sichuan pepper, and spicy comes from hot pepper. This dish highlights the "spicy" characteristic of Sichuan cuisine. This dish is rich in plant and animal protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins and carbohydrates. It has the functions of warming the middle energy, nourishing the middle energy, nourishing the body fluid, detoxifying and moisturizing dryness, replenishing essence and marrow.

Ingredients

100g Pork (lean)
1 piece Tofu
20g Water Starch
1 teaspoon Pepper Powder
2 tbsp Soy Sauce

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1 tbsp Doubanjiang
3 pieces Shallot

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2g Salt

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30g Peanut Oil

Spicy Mustard and Roasted Mapo Tofu

1. Cut the shallots into chopped green onions, cut ginger into mince, mince meat, and mince mustard

2. Tofu diced

3. Put oil in the pot to heat up, add green onion and ginger and fry until fragrant, then add watercress and continue to fry the red oil

4. Pour the minced meat and stir fry until the minced meat turns white

5. Pour the tofu into the pot and slowly push it with a spoon to coat the sauce evenly

6. Add 2 tablespoons of light soy sauce, add appropriate amount of water

7. After boiling, reduce the heat and simmer for a while

8. Add half a spoon of salt

9. When the juice in the pot is almost collected, turn to high heat, thicken the thick gorgon, and put the pot on the plate

10. The next step is very important, because it is Mapo tofu, so you need to make a numb flavor, and evenly sprinkle the pepper noodles on the cooked tofu. In this way, a perfect plate of Mapo tofu is ready.

Tips:
1. When thickening, shake the pot to make it evenly spread;
2. When the tofu is fried in the pan, use a spatula to push it gently, so that the tofu is not easy to break.